The Path Of Selfless Love (1972)
On one of his trips through the nature reserve, the ranger Michailytsch found a young lynx whose mother was killed by a bear. He takes it with him to his log cabin and calls it Kunak, which means friend. The young lynx gets used to the human environment. He grows up to become a stately lynx. When he attacks a rooster one day, he is sent away. On his wanderings through the Siberian forest, he is caught in a poacher’s trap. Only after a long search does Michailytsch find Kunak and frees him. But the lynx came to the attention of thieves who catch it and sell it to a circus in the city…
Director:
Agasi Babayan
Writer:
Leonid Belokurov
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Dmitriy Orlovskiy as лесник Михалыч |
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Filimon Sergeyev as участковый Фёдор Гаврилов |
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Georgi Rybakov as |
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Evgeniy Zosimov as браконьер |
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Arkadi Tolbuzin as браконьер Виктор |
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Boris Sichkin as актёр цирка, гость Михалыча |
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Viktor Koval as |
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Galina Rybak as гостья Михалыча |
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Sergey Yurtaykin as браконьер Лёха |
| Camera | Anatoliy Kaznin | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Vitalii Bianki | Novel |
| Writing | Leonid Belokurov | Screenplay |
| Directing | Agasi Babayan | Director |
| Sound | Merab Partskhaladze | Original Music Composer |